Effects of neonatal melatonin administration on the extra-hypothalamic regions in rat brains: Effects on the serotonergic system

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 817-822

  Muneoka, Katsumasa ^a   Ogawa, Tetsuo ^b   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Melatonin; Monoamines; Neonatal; Serotonin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0033871711     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007517524179     Document Type: Article

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